So we’ve talked about reviewing reports out of the box using the SCCM console as well as using the web browser. We’ll now get to the nitty gritty and create our own reports using SSRS. I’m sure you’re all eager to learn as you’ve come this far in my “Reporting for Dummies” series.

The idea behind OSD in Configuration Manager is automation. Right? We want to create a process to eliminate as many manual tasks as possible. Some companies have their technicians manually disable IPv6 on all adapters. Who wants to do all of that manual work when we can have it automated? My clients occasionally ask for a step in the OSD Task Sequence to disable IPv6. If you would like to disable IPv6 on all interfaces, you should do it in a way that is easily reversible on your client computers companywide. Here is how I did this for a recent client:

I’m in the process of upgrading all client computers from Java version 6.31 to Java 7.4. Like all major version upgrades of Java if you simply install the new version the old version will remain installed. Therefore, I’ve included instructions that allows you to remove the old version of Java, install the latest version, and then apply an update policy to fit your needs.